Wall construction



March 29, 1932. I ma 1,851,890 H WALL CONSTRUCTION Filed Jan. 29. 1

Il 2d 5 ATTORNEY a Patented Mar. 29, 1932 UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE GOTTFRIED H. BINDER, OF ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO ZENITHERMJCOM- PANY, IN 0., OF KEARNY, NEW JERSEY, A. CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY WALL CONSTRUCTION Application filed January 29, 1930." Serial No. 424,197.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in wall construction for buildings.

The main object is to provide a construction which will permit an eflicient wall to be erected with a minimum of labor and expense and which, though light in construction, will be very strong and effectively resist the passage of sound.

Other objects will be apparent to anyone skilled in this art in examination of the drawings and a reading of the following'description.

In the drawings- Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a wall partly finished and constructed in accordance with my invention, the view being on a very much reduced scale;

Fig. 2 is a relatively enlarged cross section on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the upper end of a detail of construction;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the upper end of another detail of construction;

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on the line 55 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view of a modification.

1 represents the floor. 2. represents an overhead beam. 33a represent studs supported on the floor 1 and in turn supporting the overhead beam 2. In the space between the floor, overhead beam and the two studs I propose to erect the wall, and in the preferred form of construction shown in the drawings I employ upright channel pieces which function to some extent as supplemental studs and in addition as means for holding filler blocks, later referred to. from lateral displacement.

These intermediate upright pieces may be in various forms, that is to say, one piece may be in the form of a U-shaped channel member 4, the width of the channel corresponding to the thickness of the filler block to be used. Another upright piece, indicated at 5 in Fig. 3 will be seen to comprise two channeled mem bers, similar to channel member 4, secured together back to back by any suitable means, for example, by rivets 6 or spot welds. Another upright piece 7 is shown in. Fig. 4.

Before installation this piece is L-shaped in cross section and is provided with a series of bendable lugs 8 along one edge.- The ends of any of these upright pieces may be provided with suitable lugs to permit said ends to benailed to the floor 1 and overhead beam 2. One such lug is indicated at 9 in Fig. 3, the said lug being provided with one or more nail holes. The bodies of some pieces may be provided with nail holes such as 10 to permit the same to be nailed fiatwise against the studs, if desired.

1l11a11b are three sets of filler blocks arranged verticall supported on the oor with their edges resting in the channeled members previously described so as to be held against lateral displacement.

1213 represents layers of suitable mate- ,rial such as cement covering the two opposite faces of the filler blocks and upright members. 1415 represent ornamental blocks or slabs which may be applied on the opposite surfaces of the wall and backed up by the cement layers 1213 respectively.

I will now describe how I may erect the wall shown in Fig. 1. A channeled piece 4 is first nailed to the stud 3. The vertical series of blocks 1l11 are then put in place with their edges projecting into the channeled upright 4. A double channeled upright corresponding, for example, to the piece 5 may then be fixed in place so that the edges of the blocks 11-11 will stand in one of the channels. If, at this point in the wall a vertical passage for a conduit is desired, as indicated .at .16 in Fig. l, a second upright member 5 may be applied between the floor and the overhead beam as shown in Figs. land 5 so that there will be two empty channels facing each other to provide a metallic guide passage whereby at any time after the wall is erected a conduit, rigid or flexible, may be pushed through the passage-without'danger of puncturing the wall. Next the series of blocks 11a11a would be placed in position with one edge of each block projecting into the last mentioned double channeled member 5. Next another channeled member similar to 5 would be erected to engage and hold the upon one another and {other ends of the blocks 11a11a. Then another series of blocks 11b11b would be ar- ,ranged in position between the last mentioned channel member 5 and the stud 3a. Previous to inserting the last series of blocks an upright member similar to 7 would be nailed to the stud 3a and after the blocks llb11b are in place between the uprights 5 and 7 thelugs 8 would be bent over as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2 "to hold this last series of bloc-ks'securely in position. When this part of the work is done the layers of cement 12-13 may be applied to the opposite surfaces of the wall. Finally, ornamental slabs may be applied to one or both of the wall surfaces. The holding lugs at the ends of the uprights may be formed in any desired manner so long as they are adapted to'receive one or more nails to hold the ends of the uprights inplace. In Fig. 3 I have shown the lug 9 cut away at the center so as to give clearance for the pipe 16. 7

As shown more particularly in Fig. 6., single channels 4.- l may be secured in position back to back in spaced relation so as to :provide a space or passage for a pipe, conduit or the like 16. The finished slabs such '-as 14 as will be seen serve to enclose the pipe or conduit within the space. between thechannels. By placing the channels as shown in Fig. 6, the pipe or conduit will be more accessible than if completely enclosed by the legs of the channel as shown in Fig. 5.

In accordance with my invention, substantial walls and partitions may be very rapidly erected. The filler blocks may be formed of very lightmaterial such as corkboard or of wood shavings or the like held in block form by a proper binder cement. The finish or ornamental slabs may be of any desired material. For example, a material formed of, wood chips mixed with a magnesium oxychloride cement and compressed into board form could be used. This material is comparatively light and has much the appearance of stone, but may be sawed, nailed and otherwise worked substantially the :same as wood. Various shades and colors are produced by mixing desired pigments before compression. Some materials, such as that above mentioned, may be nailed to the filler blocks when the filler blocks are of nailable material, but it is to be understood thatthe ornamental slabs may be of other material and may be cemented or otherwise secured in place.

In the interest of rapidity of construction, I prefer to use preformedfiller blocks and preformed ornamental finishing slabs so that when the wall or the partition iserected there is little or no finishing to be done. If the walls or partitions are plastered in the usual manner, considerable time is lost in waiting forthe various coats to dry and harden.

While the invention has been described in considerable detail and specific embodiments set forth, it is to be understood that various other modifications and embodiments may be made within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. I claim: p

1. A wall construction comprising a lower and upper support, spaced side supports between said upper and lower supports, two intermediate double channeled upright supports between the two side supports and arranged adjacent each other to form a protected passage, one of the channels in each of said intermediate supports facing toward said side supports, with a series of filler blocks in the spaces between the side supports and the intermediate supports, oneedge of said series of blocks being supported against lateral displacement by the intermediate supports, with means on the side supports for supporting the other edge of said series of blocks against lateral displacement.

2. A wall construction comprising upper and lower supports, side supports, an intermediate support, filler blocks between said, side supports and said intermediatesupport, said intermediate support' being secured to said upper and lower supports and comprising two separate and parallel channel members each having a channel facing toward a"; side support, said channel members being spaced apart to provide a conduit housing therebetween, and facings on each side of the wall covering said channel members and'said filler blocks.

3. A wall construction comprising upper and lower supports,-side supports, an intermediate support, and filler blocks between said side supports andsaid intermediate support, said intermediate support comprising. two parallel channel members each having a channel facing toward a side support, said channel members being secured to said upper and lower supports and being spaced apart to provide a conduit housing therebe'tween, said conduit housing being open on both sides of the wall, and facings on each side of the wall covering the openings in said conduit hous- GOTTFRI'ED H. BINDER. 

